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underfurnished

underfurnished

1 5.3
A room or house that has less furniture than people need to live comfortably
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌndərˈfɜrnɪʃt/
: poco amueblado
  • She looked at the box of sweaters next to her in the Goldens' underfurnished guest room and thought suddenly: what I'd give to see something really strange.
  • underfurnished apartment

Examples

  • I thought about that, about how small, uncomfortable, and underfurnished our apartment was.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • They lived in an underfurnished apartment on the West Side.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • The living room felt empty and underfurnished, lacking any comfortable seating.

  • They opted for an underfurnished design to keep the space feeling open and airy.

  • In the underfurnished apartment, only a single chair and table were present, making it feel cold.

Synonyms

unfurnished
vsunderfurnished
2 3.0

A house, apartment, or room that has no furniture

has less furniture than is usual or needed

Antonyms

overfurnished
1 6.3

A room that has too much furniture so it feels crowded

How Furnished

luxurious
60 5.6
furnished
27 2.6
underfurnished
1 5.3
unfurnished
2 3.0

Surface Forms

underfurnished positive

Morphology

underfurnished = furnished (transparent) = under + furnish + ed

The adjective is directly formed by adding the prefix 'under-' (meaning 'insufficiently') to 'furnished' (supplied with furniture), so the combined meaning is straightforward.

Etymology

Underfurnished comes from under- meaning 'not enough' and furnish meaning 'to provide furniture', the same root as furniture. So an underfurnished room is one that has less furniture than usual or needed.